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armadillo

noun
🔊/ˌɑːməˈdɪləʊ/
🔊/ˌɑːrməˈdɪləʊ/
(plural armadillos)
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  1. an American animal with a hard shell made of pieces of bone犰狳（美洲动物，体表覆盖甲胄状原骨质板）
    Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish, diminutive of armado ‘armed man’, from Latin armatus, past participle of armare ‘to arm’.